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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2006
Warren A. Wartell, Dallas, TX (US);
Garry R. Elder, Rockwall, TX (US);
Warren A. Wartell, Dallas, TX (US);
Garry R. Elder, Rockwall, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for frustrating unwanted access to data stored with a host device includes: (a) A data disrupting unit coupled with the host device for disrupting the data in response to an action signal. (b) At least one power source unit coupled with the host device. (c) A sensor unit coupled with the host device and with the at least one power source unit. The sensor unit is configured and coupled for sensing at least one alert condition associated with the host device. The sensor unit generates an alerting signal when at least one respective alert condition of the at least on alert condition is sensed. At least one respective power source unit of the at least one power source unit responds to the alerting signal to present the action signal to the data disrupting unit.